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Filter by:The major goal of this project is to evaluate an innovative approach to obesity involving modification of the home environment. The project also will evaluate if home environment modification is more effective when supplemented with distress tolerance and related skills training.
The IBEP study is a randomized control trial of a healthy lifestyle intervention program for women with gestational diabetes. The primary aim of the study is to evaluate whether women with gestational diabetes enrolled in an intensive behavioral educational program (IBEP) demonstrate lower mean fasting glucose levels measured by 2 hour 75 gram oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at 6 weeks postpartum compared to women with gestational diabetes who undergo routine gestational diabetes education and counseling.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether intravenous or oral iron are effective in the treatment of postoperative anemia and iron deficiency in patients submitted in postbariatric abdominoplasty.
Individual food preferences are not considered in designing weight-loss therapies. This project will determine if short-term weight-loss is improved by matching participants with diets that reflect their genetically-determined food preferences.
The Enlighten study is an 8-week trial investigating the response to use of a smartphone diet and activity application. Participants are enrolled as part of a worksite intervention, and will receive the LoseIt! weight loss smartphone application, which requires participants to self-monitor dietary intake and physical activity, a component shown to effectively produce weight loss. The application will be programmed to deliver dietary intake recommendations during the first three weeks of the intervention. At the 3 week time point, self-monitoring adherence via the smartphone application will be assessed and those who are not responding will receive 4 weekly telephone coaching sessions. Those individuals who respond at the end of 3 weeks will be encouraged to continue self-monitoring on the application. All participants will also receive regular text messages throughout the trial. The importance of the proposed research lies in the objective to reconfigure weight loss treatment so as to achieve the intended outcome more efficiently and in a manner that allows greater reach.
The exercise time is an important factor among the medical guides for weight loss; however, there is still little knowledge about exercise duration paths in middle-aged and older women. The present study aimed to determine the effects of the interval training on weight loss and lipid profile, and to compare its efficiency with the continuous training.
The specific objective of this research proposal is to determine the short-term efficacy of a primary care-based weight control intervention in which successful volunteer peers deliver a group-based program. The purpose of the study is to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a successful volunteer peer-led weight control program compared to a control condition to determine intervention efficacy at 3 months. Six peer leaders from 2 primary care clinics will be recruited and trained to conduct the intervention. Overweight and obese patients (n=80) will be recruited (randomized by individual) to determine weight loss at 3 months (primary outcome). The program consists of 12 weekly weight loss sessions led by a successful volunteer peer leader using an adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program to help participants lose weight.
A study to investigate the effect of a low-ED prescription (consume ≥10 foods ≤ 1.0 kcal/g and ≤ 2 foods ≥ 3.0 kcal/g per day) versus an energy balance prescription (consume a daily energy intake at estimated energy needs for maintenance) on weight loss maintenance.
Obesity affects on fertility. Obese women have lower pregnancy rate after infertility treatments.They need more doses of hormone during ovarian stimulation, more days for stimulation. During IVF treatment less oocytes are collected and the quality of embryo also harmed. The first line treatment for those women with obesity and infertility is weight loss. The investigators' hypothesis is that weight reduction improves ovarian reserve and fertility treatment outcome.
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of a new three-month behavioral weight loss program among adult men. Weight will be measured at three and six months post randomization. The intervention will be compared to a wait-list control group. Participants will be 112 overweight and obese men (18-65) living in the Chapel Hill/Raleigh/Durham area. The behavioral intervention tested will be delivered online with two face-to-face group meetings. Intervention content will be delivered via email and online. It is hypothesized that men randomized to the REFIT intervention will lose more weight at 3 months than men randomized to the wait-list group.